Kunhing (Kunhein) is located in

Kunhing Township Kunhing Township ( my, ကွန်ဟိန်းမြို့နယ်)is a township of Loilen District in the Shan State of Myanmar. The principal town is Kunhing Kunhing (Kunhein) is located in Kunhing Township in the middle part of southe ...

in the middle part of southern

Shan state Shan State ( my, ရှမ်းပြည်နယ်, ; shn, မိူင်းတႆး, italics=no) also known by the Endonym and exonym, endonyms Shanland, Muang Tai, and Tailong, is a administrative divisions of Myanmar, state of Myanmar. ...

Myanmar Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although only some British English speakers pronounce r at the end of syllables. As John C. Wells, Joh ...

. The name Kunhein refers to "a thousand island" in the local

Shan language The Shan language (written Shan: , , spoken Shan: , or , ; my, ရှမ်းဘာသာ, ; th, ภาษาไทใหญ่, ) is the native language of the Shan people and is mostly spoken in Shan State, Myanmar. It is also spoken in p ...

Geographic

Kunhing is located by the

Nam Pang River The Nam Pang River, also known as Pang River, is a major river of Shan State, eastern Burma. It is the largest tributary of the Salween River. Course Its source is in the hills northeast of Pangkyehtu and it flows by the town of Kunhing. The Nam ...

, an important tributary of the

Salween , ''Mae Nam Salawin'' ( , name_etymology = , image = Sweet_View_of_Salween_River_in_Tang_Yan_Township,_Shan_State,_Myanmar.jpg , image_size = , image_caption = Salween River in Shan State, Myanmar , map ...

.Current Status of Dam Projects on Burma’s Salween River
1,615ft (492.25 meter) above the sea level

Population

As refers to 1983 census figures, it has less than 30,000 population; primarily Shans. Minorities are

Akar Akar is a Turkish surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Furkan Akar (born 2002), Turkish short track speed skater * Hulusi Akar (born 1952), Turkish Army general * Meltem Akar (born 1982), Turkish female boxer * Nasuh Akar Nasuh ...

Lisu Lisu may refer to: *Lisu people, an ethnic group of Southeast Asia *Lisu language, spoken by the Lisu people * Old Lisu Alphabet or Fraser Alphabet *Lisu syllabary *Lisu (Unicode block), the block of Unicode characters for the Lisu language. *Lisu ...

and Palaung.

Places of interest

Kunhing Bridge Kunhing (Kunhein) is located in Kunhing Township in the middle part of southern Shan state, Myanmar. The name Kunhein refers to "a thousand island" in the local Shan language. Geographic Kunhing is located by the Nam Pang River, an important tr ...

– over in length crossing over two big islands in the Nam Pang River. It is one of the main bridges on the

Taunggyi Taunggyi ( ; Shan: ; Pa'O: ) is the capital and largest city of Shan State, Myanmar (Burma) and lies on the Thazi-Kyaingtong road at an elevation of , just north of Shwenyaung and Inle Lake within the Myelat region. Taunggyi is the fifth lar ...

Kengtung th , เชียงตุง , other_name = Kyaingtong , settlement_type = Town , imagesize = , image_caption = , pushpin_map = Myanmar , pushpin_label_position = left , ...

Road.

References

Populated places in Shan State Township capitals of Myanmar {{Shan-geo-stub